A Deadly Inheritance
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
After discovering she's an heiress to a billion-dollar corporation, seventeen-year-old Liliana finds herself at a new boarding school where she must navigate secret societies and a deadly competition. Not to mention two handsome boys.
The Reappearance of Rachel Price meets The Inheritance Games series in this new YA thriller from bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.
In the wake of her mother's death, Liliana Chamberlain's estranged (and very wealthy) grandparents swoop in. Or their lawyer does. Her grandparents aren't ready to meet her, but they want her to have the life her mother walked away from, starting with Westdale Academy, the elite boarding school her mother attended. It should be a Cinderella dream come true, but Lili has serious misgivings. Yet she doesn't have a choice, being under eighteen and dead broke.
Westdale Academy is a school of secrets as well as intriguing classmates, including Hollywood golden boy Theo Dubois and the mysterious Maddox Moreno. As she gets to know them all, Lili realizes there's more to the school than elite-level networking. Something deadly.
For the new girl at school, investigating the deaths of past students — including Maddox's own sister — is a very dangerous game. Do those deaths have something to do with why her mother fled Westdale at the cost of her inheritance?
When a fun night out turns bloody, Theo is the prime suspect, and Liliana must race against time to connect the past with the present and discover the truth behind her inheritance.
Customer Reviews
I am in Awe!
A DEADLY INHERITANCE is so much more than I anticipated, which shouldn’t be a surprise because I’ve thought the same about so many of Kelley Armstrong’s books.
In this, her latest YA title, her main characters, and even secondaries, come alive with distinct personalities. From the get-go I really liked almost-18 Liliana Green. Even as she’s mourning the loss of her beloved mom she is determined to stay under the radar, to stay on her own, and achieve her goals. There is no quit in her.
The story is addictive, fast paced, and very rich in details as it unfolds. I read for at least five hours straight, but finally had to call it a night when I fell asleep for the third time.
Another A-One read in Kelley Armstrong’s extensive book list.
Thankful I had the day off.
Just wow. Started this at the beginning of a flight barely 24 hours ago and barely stopped reading long enough to get home afterwards.
Thankful I took an extra day off work, it’s been a long time since I read a book in a day but and this may sound cliche, but I literally couldn’t put it down.
The characters were so well written they felt like old friends, the scenes were beautifully detailed, and it had just the right level of suspense. I just had to know what would happen next.
Love all of Kelley’s books, (YA and adult) but this one may be a new favorite.